--- a/lib/piston/repository.rb
+++ b/lib/piston/repository.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ module Piston
       end
     end
 
+    class NoDestroyOnRemoteRepositoryUrl < RepositoryError
+      def initialize(url)
+        super "URL #{url.inspect} is remote -- cannot destroy there"
+      end
+    end
+
     class FileNotFound < RepositoryError
       def initialize(url, revision)
         super "URL #{url.inspect} does not exist in revision #{revision}"
@@ -62,6 +68,10 @@ module Piston
     def youngest
       self.info["Revision"].to_i
     end
+
+    def last_changed_rev
+      self.info["Last Changed Rev"].to_i
+    end
 
     def uuid
       self.info["Repository UUID"]
@@ -86,8 +96,15 @@ module Piston
       FileUtils.mkdir_p(repos_parent_dir)
       raise DirectoryAlreadyExists.new(self.local_path) if File.directory?(self.local_path)
 
-      svnadmin :create, local_path
+      svnadmin :create, self.local_path
       self
     end
+
+    # Deletes the repository if it is a local one
+    def destroy!
+      raise NoDestroyOnRemoteRepositoryUrl.new(self.url) unless self.url =~ %r{\Afile://}
+      FileUtils.rm_rf(self.local_path)
+      self
+    end
   end
 end